Faucet.



Patented Mar. 20, |900.

A. SUNDH.

F A U C ET (Application filed July 24, 1899.)

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No. 645,763. Patented Mar. 2o, 1900.

A. SUNDH.

FAUGET.

[Application filed July 24, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 2.

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PATENT AUGUST sUNDI-I, oF YoNKERs, Naw YORK.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,763, dated March20, 1900.

Application mea muy 24, 1899.

To ctZZ lwhom, Z may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST SUNDH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Yonkers, Westchestercounty, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer or otherFaucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improvement in the construction of beer-andother faucets, whereby the faucet is adapted for drawing by the glass,as with ordinary faucets, and is also adapted for drawing and measuringa certain quantity Aat will, the object being to aiford beer-sellers amore convenient faucet for dealing out the beer by the glass and also bythe lpint or quart than such as are at present in use, as hereinafterdescribed, reference being made to the accompanying. drawings, in which-Figure l is a sectional elevation of myimproved faucet with the valveset for discharging the measu rin g-chamberand with the tap end adaptedfor driving into the tap-hole in the head of a beer-keg. Fig. 2 is a topview. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation with the valve set for filling themeasuring-chamber and being located-in a cooling-box and adapted forcoupling with a cooling-coil within the box. Fig. 4 is a partial frontelevation as represented in Fig. 3 with a part broken out. Fig. 5 is atransverse section of the faucet on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a planview as represented in Fig. 3 with a part broken out. Fig. 7 is atransverse section of the valve on line 3 3, Fig. 3; and Fig. 8 is atransverse section on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

The tap a is constructed with a measuringchamber b, on the lower end ofwhich the discharge-nozzle c is formed instead of being a directcontinuation of the tap, as in the common faucet. A longer plug-valve dis used, said valve extending through the chamber and being seated at ein the top of the chamber and atfin the bottom of the chamber, saidvalve being hollow for the most part of its length, but closed at bothends. N ear the upper end of this valve it has ports g and h oppositeeach other and in relation to port t' of the tap for openingcommunication therewith when required. At the lower end of thevalve-chamber said valve has ports j and 7l; opposite cach other and inaline at right an- Serial No. l724,983. (No model.)

gles tothe line in which ports g and h lie, and it also has the port Zin the same side as port g. The nozzle c communicates with the interiorof chamber b through the port m.

In Fig. 1 a vent-pipe n is fitted within the valve from the lower endand communicating with the vent-groove o to Vent the chamber b whenfilling and emptying it. Instead of this arrangement of the vent-tubewithin the valve it may be fitted in the chamber, as indicated in dottedlines n', Fig. 4, the location being at one side of the valve, theleft-hand side in this case, with a vent-port p communicating withvalve-seat e. With the vent-tube located in the valve the ventis throughgroove 0 both in filling and emptying the measuringchamber; but with thearrangement of Figs. 3 and 4 the vent is through groove o and pipe n'when filling the chamber and through said groove and a port 0/ of thetop of the chamber when emptying the chamber, the groove being then inthe position represented in Fig. l. In both cases the valve is ventedwhen discharging through port h and a port h through the seat e for theupper end of the valve.

It will be seen .that with the valve set as in Figs. 2 and 3, the handles being turned to the left, the chamber l) will lill through ports g andZ, and it will be noted that it fills from the bottom in such away thatfoaming is largely, if not entirely, prevented, especially if the ventbe sufficiently contracted to maintain air compression on the beer. Thenwith the valve set in the middle position, as in Fig. l, the beer willdischarge ont of the measuring-chamber through ports 7c and Z, and withthe valve shifted to the right hand the beer will be drawn directlythrough the valve by ports h and Z without entering themeasuring-chamber.

With the valve set in the middle position the beer is shut off the sameas with the ordinary valve and both the chamber and the valve arel open,so as to drip clean and avoid lodgment of any matters such as would beliable to lodge if closed.

The small quantities drawn directly through the valve without exposureto the walls of the measuring-chamber will, when the faucet is notinclosed for protection from the atmosphere of a warm room, issue coolerthan if so exposed, because the amount of metal of IOO highertemperature with which it has contact is much less; but I propose toinclose the faucet in a cooling-box when attached to the coil s of acooler and drawing under pressure, with the neck t of the'handleextending through the cover yv of the box and the nozzle c through theside. The vent-pipe n will also be extended through one side of the box,so that a slight discharge that will escape when the chamber b isfull'will be seen to indicate the fact to the operator. A like dischargefrom the vent n serves the same purpose with that arrangement of thevent. The vent-pipes n n will be arranged to discharge into thereceptacle for the beer, pipe n being extended through the side of thebox, as shown at r, and pipe n having the bent terminal w, that willdischarge near the mouth of nozzle c when the chamber is lling.

The construction of Fig. 3 may also be used independently of the cooler,and in order that the faucet may not be too low in cases when it isdesirable to connect the faucet as near as possible to the lower part ofthe keg or other vessel to be drawn from to permit the glass or otherreceptacle to be inserted under the faucet without obstruction by thebench or floor supporting the keg I have located the tap-stem c' forconnection with the keg below the top of the chamber, with a passage 'Ltextending up to the inlet-port to the valve. Such construction isunnecessary when the faucet is used in a cooler, as herein represented,but is in no way objectionable for such use.

The pint-measure is most generally in demand by the customers. Hence thecapacity of the measuring-chamber will preferably be the same, and thedrafts can be repeated when more is desired.

The knob .fr of Figs. l and 2 is a head for striking to drive the tap cinto the tap-hole. 'y represents a table for holding the vessel to befilled, and .a a drippan.

Vhat I claim as myinvention is- 1. The combination in a faucetof ameasuring-chamber formed in an enlarged portion intermediate of the tapand the nozzle, and thetnbular valve for controlling the drafts, saidvalve located within the chamber and having one set of induction andeduction ports which when the valve is set in one position drawunmeasured quantities and another set of ports which when the valve isset in another position draw measured quantities.

2. The combination in a faucet, of a measuring-chamber intermediateofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow valve, seated in the ends of thechamber respectively, said valve having ports for drawing directlythrough it independently of the measuring-chamber, and other ports fordrawing through said chamber, said chamber having a suitable vent andsaid valve also having a vent.

3. The combination in a faucet, of a measuring-chamber intermediate ofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow valve seated in the upper and lowerends of the chambers respectively and controlling drafts through thechamber, a vent at the top of the chamber for filling and emptying, anda waste-pipe connected therewith and having its discharge end visible tothe operator.

4. rlhe combination in a faucet, of a measuring-chamber intermediate ofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow valve seated in the upper and lowerends of the chamber respectively and controlling drafts through thechamber, a vent at the top ,of the chamber for filling and emptying, anda waste-pipe connected therewith and having its discharge end located inproximity to the nozzle.

5. The combination in a faucet, of a measuring-chamber intermediate ofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow valve seated in the upper and lowerends of the chamber respectively and controlling drafts through thechamber and also independently of the chamber, a vent at the top of thechamber for filling and emptying, and a vent for the valve whenemptying.

G. The combinationin a faucet, of a measuring-chamber intermediate ofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow rotating plug-valve seated in the topof the chamber and also seated in the bottom of the chamber, and havingtwo independent'receiving-ports in its upper end, for respectivelydrawing directly through it and also drawing into the chamber, and alsohaving at the lower end a port for drawing into the chamber, two portsfor discharging from the chamber and another port discharging directlyfrom the valve, said chamber and valve having suitable vents.

7. The combination in a faucet, of a measuring-chamberintermediate ofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow valve seated in the upper and lowerends of the chamber respectively, and controlling drafts through thechamber, and the vent-tube inserted in the valve through the lower endand communicating with the top of the chamber.

8. The combination in a faucet, ofa measuring-chamber intermediate ofthe nozzle and the tap, a hollow valve seated in the ends of the chamberrespectively, and controlling drafts through said chamber, and theventport in the upper valve-seat located so that when the valve is setemptying the chamber, it communicates with the inlet valveport by `whichthe chamber is filled, to vent the valve.

9. In a measuring-faucethavingameasuring-chamber receiving the liquid atthe top and discharging it at the bottom, the tapstem for connectionwith the keg located below the top of the chamber with a passageextending upward therefrom to the inlet-port of the top of the chamber.

Signed by me at New York city, New York, this 29th day of June, 1899.

AUGUST SUNDII.

Witnesses:

A. P. THAYER, C. Snnewlcn.

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